Images of Peking from the Kansas City Star, 1927

Posted: October 23rd, 2024 | No Comments »

The images below accompanied a story from the Kansas City Star in 1927 that President Calvin Coolidge was considering relocating the US Embassy (Legation) in Peking from its position (where the buildings remain today) at the south-western edge of the Legation Quarter, adjacent to Chienmen (Qianmen) and what became Tiananmen Square.

Where they were considering and why I’m not sure – indeed it may have been a non-story as it quickly went nowhere. Anyway the following images (perhaps from earlier than 1927) accompanied the piece and are interesting I think…

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